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What an Exciting Day!!
09 February 2013 | Highbourne Cay, Exumas, Bahamas
Donna
We started the day with an invigorating sail out of Nassau. When we got to the Yellow Banks, an area known for submerged coral heads all around, we put the sailing on hold for a little while. The cruising guide said to not get this far until at least 11:00am so that the sun will be in the right position for spotting the coral heads so you don’t hit them. Bill went forward to look and wasn’t really sure what he was supposed to see. Then he saw one and it became obvious that the large piece of rock that was showing in the middle of the clear blue water was something that needed to be avoided. We were wearing our very expensive headsets so we could talk to each other. We had not used them at all since we left Annapolis this time. They worked great today though. I was at the wheel and following Bill’s directions to steer around the coral heads. Once we got through that we put the sails back up and continued on our way to the Exumas.
We are now anchored at Highbourne Cay. There are lots of other boats here too. We are all hiding from the bad weather that is supposed to hit tonight. In front of our bow, at least right now, there is a beach with some elevation behind it, as you can see in the picture above. The idea is that the wind will be coming from that direction and the elevation will block some of it so it is not so rough on us. Behind us is open ocean. When we got here it was much calmer than it is right now. Regardless of that, we were excited to see that there is Internet to be had here. We had not expected that at all. We took advantage of it and added pictures to the last few posts that we weren’t able to put pictures on. Go back and check them out. We should be here at least a couple of days and if the Internet holds I will post a new Photo Gallery of pictures we’ve taken in Bimini and the Berry Islands.